rudy giuliani. his phones and computers were seized and he s now speaking out. giuliani is breaking his silence, and this is fascinating. he is, of course, the former prosecutor facing a raid by the office he used to run. he is the lawyer to the former president, although they have had a falling out. he looks like a subject of this probe. he is speaking out for the first time in depth with details about that raid, and he denies any wrongdoing. i have never represented a ukrainian national or official before the united states government. my sole concentration from the beginning here, tucker, was to find evidence that would prove what i knew, that he was innocent of russian collusion. he did exactly what a president should do with the president of ukraine. he asked him to investigate. right. a vice president. they invaded, without telling me, my icloud. they took documents that are privileged. the justice department spied on me. now, some of that is giuliani s rebuttal
i ve heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk. wow. major news expected today on the war in afghanistan with president biden set to announce a date to withdraw all troops and hoping to accomplish his predecessors could not. the condition is will the conditions on the ground allow him to keep the date this time? plus, another night of unrest near minneapolis after the deadly police shooting of daunte wright. the officer who pulled the trigger has since resigned and many are asking the question why hasn t she been fired? and new information on the sex trafficking investigation into congressman matt gaetz, with reporting his onetime ally has flipped and is working with prosecutors. the question is how bad is this for the florida republican? it s way too early for this! good morning! welcome to way too early, the show that had plenty of lead worthy stories this morning. i m kasie hunt on this wednesday, april 14th. we start with th
but some people reportedly threw bottles and other objects at police and others attempting to breach the security fence that s been established outside the police station. officials later declared that part of the situation a riot and about 100 people were arrested. there are also demonstrations in chicago after body cam video was released showing a police officer chasing down and shooting adam toledo, a 13-year-old boy. the protesters who were peaceful are demanding overhauls to the city s police force. we should warn you, this following video is disturbing. the footage from 2:30 in the morning on march 29th shows eric stillman responding to a call of shots fired. after pulling over, stillman starts chasing toledo down the alley. he slams into somebody, then continues his pursuit. he shouts for toledo to drop his weapon, stop and show his hands. he appears to follow those instructions. stillman tells toledo to drop it and fires his gun. stillman calls for backup and officers
when it s a complex program, latest essay in the atlantic, the fourth surge is upon us. this time it s different. i ll ask her why. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. the steel industry was once so important to birmingham, alabama, that the suburb now at the heart of the amazon union fight is named after henry bessem rechlt. the city of bessemer, alabama, thrived until steel jobs until, well, it didn t. until the plant closed and all those jobs moved out or were shipped overseas mostly to china. today the biggest employer in town is a small mom and pop retailer called amazon. what is essentially a warehouse to, quote, fulfill orders for the internet giant. and where any day now, history could be made if the bessemer location votes in favor of negotiating to form a union, which would be the first american branch of amazon to possibly unionize. maybe many americans don t realize, but amazon workers in continental europe have long been laborized. strong labor unions haven t pushed
week two, hen amin county medical examiner dr. andrew baker, who performed floyd s autopsy, is expected to testify in the next few days i want to bring in this morning nbc s shaquille brewster. he s in minneapolis. he s been covering this trial day in and day out. shaq, what are you watching for as the police chief takes the stand? i m really watching for, stephanie, what he says about derek chauvin s use of force. just to set it up a little bit, this is the police chief who fired the four officers involved in floyd s death within hours after that facebook video went viral. this is an officer who back in june told nbc news that he never wanted to mention derek chauvin by name and said he didn t even want to be in a room with ex-officer derek chauvin. this is also an officer who back in 2007 was one of four senior officers to sue the minneapolis police department alleged racial discrimination. so i m very curious how passionately he will speak against derek chauvin s use o